Right now the world is full of green rhetoric, which can be a bit oxymoronic. A greenhouse for plants is good; but greenhouse gases are bad. We all enjoy “The Green, Green Grass of Home” but we also can be...
Fossil fuels — petroleum, coal, and natural gas — represent mainstream energy sources: alternative fuels include everything else — from biomass to nuclear. Most of the energy consumed in the US, about 84 percent, comes from fossil...
Climate change and the energy crisis are prevailing concerns around the world. Meeting the growing challenges of environmental issues while strengthening the economy is one of the greatest tests facing the world today. The Industrial Gas Industry is in a position...
Requirements for reducing air pollution emissions have been evolving over the past couple of decades and today, are an intricate mix of limits, targets, and caps. In many parts of the world, industries emitting pollutants must not only comply with...
In the coming decade and beyond, the landscape for emissions measurements and environmental markets will be dominated by four major topics. These are: climate change policy and legislation, including assessment, reporting, and reduction of greenhouse gases (GHGs); process monitoring for compliance; the...
With the upcoming changes in the CFR 40 Part 75 (Acid Rain), the new Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT), and the reporting and potential national trading of greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide, measuring pollutants with accuracy becomes more important than ever...
Sludge management can reach 40 percent of the total management costs for a wastewater plant today, making sludge disposal an increasingly critical issue. Sludge disposal costs continue to rise with more stringent environmental regulations and limits, high input costs, and public...
Growing populations and urban density are putting pressure on available water supply, leading communities to have to use more contaminated water sources. In addition, there has been a rise in detectable levels of undesirable microconstituents in water. These factors are driving...
NEW GREENHOUSE GAS REGULATION On January 1, 2010, 40CFR98 “The Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule” went into effect. Companies that are large sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are now required to report emissions to the US Environmental Protection Agency...
Municipal solid waste landfills (MSWs) are the second largest source of human-generated methane emissions in the US, accounting for approximately 23 percent of these emissions in 2007. Methane is a greenhouse gas (GHG) that, when released into the atmosphere, contributes to smog,...
